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Not Evil Sudoku▲125
Clean, minimalist & joyful Sudoku app for iPhone and iPad
2023
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Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles▲48
Hello HN, I've created a new Sudoku app for iOS and Android that prioritizes simplicity and privacy. It's free to download and use, and I'd be grateful for any feedback or suggestions. Features: > 4 difficulty levels, accessible at any time > No personal data collection of any kind > Clean, minimalistic design that focuses on the game > Takes up significantly less space than other popular apps (by a factor of about 10x) > Minimal use of advertisements I was frustrated by how many of the popular Sudoku apps feel excessively over-engineered, consume a lot of storage space and some that even…
2023
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Sudoku Round▲79
A clean take on a classic game. No distractions - just fun!
2020
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Simple Sudoku▲6
Built for calm minds who love numbers.
Oct 2025
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Magic Sudoku - ARkit▲279
Solve sudoku puzzles like magic with the power of AR
2017
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Calm Sudoku▲4
Sudoku without the noise. No ads, no accounts, no pressure.
Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com
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Prisma Sudoku▲5
Ad-free, offline Sudoku that rewards every solve
Jul 2026 · yveskopmann.app
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OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app▲369
Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…
2025 · offchess.com
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Sudoku▲3
Pure Sudoku – No ads, no lives, no nonsense
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com
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SudokuVariants – play and construct different variants of Sudoku▲28
Hi HN, I've been working on this Sudoku web app for the past couple of years, on and off during free weekends and afternoons. I started working on it because I was bored during COVID, and Cracking the Cryptic had just become popular on YouTube, which got me wondering how hard it could be to make a Sudoku app. The main idea is for the app to understand the constraints and know how to solve Sudoku grids (and not just be a simple Sudoku drawing/playing app). When it comes to classic Sudoku, the solver doesn't support anything more complicated than X-Wing, but it understands the…
2025 · sudokuvariants.com
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ProSudoku – Play Sudoku with Apple Pencil on iPad▲17
2021 · apps.apple.com
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Sudoku: Small Grids, Big Logic▲3
A hazzle free sudoku experience for iOS
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com
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open source Sudoku random board generator for iPhone / OS X▲21
2012 · jayfuerstenberg.com
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I Made a Sudoku Game▲40
Source: https://github.com/alabhyajindal/sudoku/blob/main/index.html
2024 · sudoku-aj.netlify.app
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Paper Sudoku▲3
Draw numbers, Solve faster
Dec 2025
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Simple Sudoku▲1
Free offline Sudoku. No ads, no login.
Mar 2026 · spielesudoku.de
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The Sudoku App You’ve Been Waiting For▲1
Light, offline Sudoku with 5 levels – free to play
Dec 2025
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Sudoku Note▲7
Sudoku, Note, Puzzle, Handwriting, Apple Pencil
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com
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I made a Sudoku game you can play using Vim▲22
Source: https://github.com/alabhyajindal/vimsudoku
2024 · vimsudoku.com
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Blackbox▲131
Solve puzzles without touching the screen
2016
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Sudoku: Pure Edition▲4
Sudoku: Pure Edition is the last Sudoku app you'll ever need
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com
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Pure Sudoku!▲1
Yet another Sudoku app
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com
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Logiqura▲4
Sudoku, 2048 and a logic puzzle, in one app.
Jul 2026 · logiqura-ads.web.app
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Ordinary Puzzles – An open-source mobile puzzle game▲116
2019 · github.com

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